Baseball Roundup: Northside’s streak snapped, 1-4A starts region play this week
The first region games got underway last week and more regions are to follow in the coming weeks, with 1-4A starting this week.
The first region games got underway last week and more regions are to follow in the coming weeks, with 1-4A starting this week.
After Northside (9-5, 0-3 Region 2-5A) head coach Joey Walker and Houston County (10-2, 3-0 Region) head coach Matt Hopkins exchanged words in the infield, Hopkins accompanied Walker to the huddle in left field to offer the team praise.
Houston County (10-2, 3-0 Region 2-5A) finished their region sweep of Northside (9-5, 0-3 Region) with 12-1 and 5-1 finals, but they weren’t particularly pretty.
It took a little while for Warner Robins (5-4) to get going after a strong second inning, but they put Central Fellowship Christian Academy (0-7) away in five innings on Thursday.
Unfortunately for the Bears, a disastrous first quarter saw them down 28-3 in an eventual 80-48 final in Wednesday's Elite Eight matchup.
The end of flu season has taken its toll on the Perry Panthers (5-6), who were missing eight players and five starters in their 11-1 victory against Schley County (5-4) on Tuesday.
The basketball postseason in Houston County was over as soon as it started, with seven teams bowing out in the first week of the GHSA tournament and the final games of the GIAA’s season.
The early season is officially over and now most Houston County teams will enter their respective region races this week.
The Bears (23-6) beat Kennesaw Mountain (17-12) 64-43 on Saturday after a fourth-quarter rally turned a single-digit deficit into 20 for the Mustangs just three minutes into the period.
Warner Robins doesn’t often get cold, but the temperature dipped and the Demonettes forgot their layers as they fell to Cartersville 48-40 in Friday’s Sweet 16 matchup at home.